2010 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifying

Under the IFF's new qualification system, the 32 countries registered for the world championships needed to qualify for only 16 spots. 8 of these spots were already pre-determined, with the top 7 teams from the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships A-Division and the top team from the B-Division automatically qualifying. This left just 8 spots for the other 24 registered countries.[1]

Depending on the number of countries registered per continental region, that many slots were given at the world championships.

The countries already qualified are as follows:

Czech Republic	Finland	Germany	Latvia
Norway	Russia	Sweden	Switzerland

Asian & Oceanian process

Main article: 2010 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships

Qualifying in the Asia/Oceanian region for the world championships was overseen by the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC).

Only 3 out of 5 registered AOFC countries will qualify. The 5 countries are as follows:

Australia	Singapore
Japan	Korea
Malaysia

European process

Only 4 out of 16 countries registered in Europe qualified. The 16 countries are as follows:

Austria	Belgium	Denmark	Estonia
France	Georgia	Great Britain	Hungary
Italy	Liechtenstein	Netherlands	Poland
Serbia	Slovakia	Slovenia	Spain

North American process

Only 1 out of 2 countries registered in North America qualified. The 2 countries are as follows:

Canada

United States

Ballots for the groups in this event were drawn on May 9, 2009 during one of the semi-final matches of the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships in Turku, Finland.[2]

In the way the ballots were drawn, no team qualifying from the AOFC will play against each other in group stage matches, and no team qualifying from Europe will either.

The groups will be assembled based on qualifying as follows:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Finland	Latvia	Germany	Czech Republic
Russia	Switzerland	Sweden	Norway
North America	AOFC 1	AOFC 3	AOFC 2
West Europe 1	West Europe 2	East Europe 2	East Europe 1

Final groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Finland	Latvia	Germany	Czech Republic
Russia	Switzerland	Sweden	Norway
Canada	AOFC 1	AOFC 3	AOFC 2
Denmark	Poland	Estonia	Italy

For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions are determined by the record of the tied teams in the games they played against each other in the first instance, then the goals scored and goal difference in all group matches. There is a facility for positions to be determined by a drawing of lots should 2 (or more) team records be identical and their match was a draw against each other.

A win is worth 2 points, a draw is worth 1 point, and a loss is worth 0 points. No sudden victory overtime or penalty shootout will be played in the preliminary round, as matches ending in draws at the end of regulation will award both teams with a single point. Matches which are draws at the end of the playoff round will, however, continue with a sudden victory overtime period and a possible penalty shootout.

2010 Men's World
Floorball Championships

European Qualifications (Poland)
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	February 3 to February 6, 2010
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark  Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	164 (10.25 per match)

The European Qualifying tournament in Poland determined which 2 teams received a spot in the 2010 World Championships. For this qualifying tournament, the winning teams received a spot in Group A (West Europe 1) or Group B (West Europe 2), depending on their position in preliminary stage play.

Teams in this qualification tournament represented Western Europe, as the IFF used the same criteria they use for EuroFloorball Cup qualifications in order to determine groups.

Group A

All matches in Group A in the preliminary round were played in Zbąszyń, Poland.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Denmark	3	2	1	0	42	8	+34	5	Advanced to the playoff round
Poland	3	2	1	0	25	5	+20	5
Belgium	3	1	0	2	10	29	−19	2	Missed out on the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships and contested the placement matches
Great Britain	3	0	0	3	4	39	−35	0

Source:

February 3, 2010

February 3, 2010 16.00

Great Britain

2:5 ( 1:2, 0:1, 1:2 )

Belgium

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Jamie Black – 06.40 Andrew Lovell – 43.38 Goals 09.04 – Jonathan Chiau 15.23 – Michael Jonsson 25.31 – Olivier Nicolas 41.11 – Joachim Magnusson 59.56 – Joachim Magnusson

February 3, 2010 19.00

Denmark

3:3 ( 1:1, 1:0, 1:2 )

Poland

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Kim Jensen – 09.23 Mathias Christoffersen – 28.12 Henrik Engelsen – 43.41 Goals 02.39 – Piotr Kostela 48.04 – Piotr Kostela 54.04 – Tomasz Gaicki

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010 16.00

Denmark

22:2 ( 9:2, 6:0, 7:0 )

Great Britain

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Jacob Andersen – 02.22 Stefan Hedorf – 04.10 Brian Nielsen – 06.49 Henrik Engelsen – 07.07 Steffen Jensen – 12.18 Anders Kristensen – 12.36 Jesper Petersen – 13.31 Jacob Andersen – 15.27 Steffen Jensen – 16.05 Stefan Hedorf – 24.06 Steffen Jensen – 25.21 Jesper Petersen – 28.19 Mathias Christoffersen – 30.20 Jesper Petersen – 34.05 Anders Kristensen – 36.22 Stefan Hedorf – 41.43 Brian Nielsen – 47.31 Jesper Petersen – 48.34 Stefan Hedorf – 48.57 Stefan Hedorf – 49.33 Stefan Hedorf – 57.17 Mathias Christoffersen – 57.44 Goals 01.42 – Jason Brim 14.39 – Peter Powell

February 4, 2010 19.00

Poland

10:2 ( 1:2, 5:0, 4:0 )

Belgium

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Jan Hajdus – 16.16 Lukasz Adamczak – 26.32 Tomasz Gaicki – 26.44 Tomasz Gaicki – 32.41 Mattias Mikulski – 38.15 Jan Hajdus – 39.57 Jan Hajdus – 47.10 Tomasz Gaicki – 54.02 Lukasz Adamczak – 57.34 Piotr Kostela – 59.55 Goals 07.52 – Jonathan Chiau 17.37 – Joachim Magnusson

February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010 16.00

Belgium

3:17 ( 1:5, 1:6, 1:6 )

Denmark

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Jonathan Chiau – 00.22 Thomas Ghilain – 32.26 Michael Jonsson – 41.58 Goals 06.08 – Mathias Christoffersen 10.28 – Brian Nielsen 12.34 – Mathias Christoffersen 13.39 – Henrik Engelsen 16.10 – Niklas Hojholt 22.29 – Claus Jensen 24.39 – Mathias Christoffersen 27.45 – Brian Nielsen 32.45 – Brian Nielsen 32.58 – Steffen Jensen 36.08 – Steffen Jensen 44.38 – Jesper Petersen 46.20 – Jesper Petersen 48.07 – Jesper Petersen 53.32 – Brian Nielsen 54.42 – Jesper Petersen 59.59 – Dannie Pedersen

February 5, 2010 19.00

Poland

12:0 ( 5:0, 3:0, 4:0 )

Great Britain

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Krzysztof Malasiewicz – 07.54 Piotr Kostela – 09.12 Piotr Kostela – 09.29 Tomasz Gaicki – 12.15 Jaroslaw Lech – 19.01 Lukasz Adamczak – 25.28 Tomasz Gaicki – 28.40 Lukasz Adamczak – 29.25 Krystian Malasiewicz – 45.45 Patryk Hantsch – 47.20 Daniel Girys – 54.43 Tomasz Gaicki – 59.36 Goals

Group B

All matches in Group B in the preliminary round were played in Babimost, Poland.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
France	3	2	1	0	17	10	+7	5	Advanced to the playoff round
Hungary	3	2	0	1	11	8	+3	4
Austria	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3	Missed out on the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships and contested the placement matches
Serbia	3	0	0	3	7	19	−12	0

Source:

February 3, 2010

February 3, 2010 16.00

Hungary

2:3 ( 2:0, 0:2, 0:1 )

France

Babimost, Poland

	Norbert Duró – 00.29 Philip Kapetz – 04.54 Goals 38.29 – Beat Glauser 39.17 – Simon Riihelä 44.06 – Jérome Andermatt

February 3, 2010 19.00

Austria

5:1 ( 1:0, 2:1, 2:0 )

Serbia

Babimost, Poland

	Timo Schmid – 10.42 Stefan Simonsen – 31.47 Mathias Rohm – 38.47 Mathias Rohm – 43.09 Felix Moosburger – 51.04 Goals 39.08 – Ivan Marceta

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010 16.00

Austria

1:3 ( 0:1, 0:2, 1:0 )

Hungary

Babimost, Poland

	Benjamin Gruber – 57.14 Goals 17.48 – Christian Kapetz 27.17 – Csaba Pazsák 29.17 – Máté Darai

February 4, 2010 19.00

Serbia

2:8 ( 1:1, 0:4, 1:3 )

France

Babimost, Poland

	Alexander Milovanovic – 12.31 Marko Petrovic – 42.39 Goals 03.54 – Alexandre Simonian 24.23 – Simon Riihelä 27.34 – Michel Neumuller 31.41 – Simon Riihelä 34.44 – Claudio Henry 47.33 – Laurent Herzog 48.38 – Simon Riihelä 54.33 – Samuel Antoine

February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010 16.00

Serbia

4:6 ( 2:3, 1:1, 1:2 )

Hungary

Babimost, Poland

	Toni Valle – 11.06 Alexander Milovanovic – 11.58 Marko Stozinic – 24.13 Alexander Milovanovic – 42.55 Goals 04.41 – Norbert Duró 08.58 – Altamash Mujahid 18.46 – Dennis Schmidt 33.29 – Oliver Schmidt 48.48 – Oliver Schmidt 53.17 – Bence Farsang

February 5, 2010 19.00

France

6:6 ( 0:1, 3:2, 3:3 )

Austria

Babimost, Poland

	Samuel Antoine – 22.44 Michel Neumuller – 33.11 Simon Riihelä – 39.14 Beat Glauser – 44.36 Jérome Andermatt – 50.27 Raphaël Schubenel – 56.13 Goals 03.58 – Helmut Koloini 31.20 – Siegfried Sendlhofer 36.40 – Helmut Koloini 47.41 – Benjamin Gruber 53.30 – Benjamin Gruber 54.44 – Joël Bale

West Europe 1 Final

February 6, 2010 11.00

Denmark

9:2 ( 4:1, 2:1, 3:0 )

Hungary

Babimost, Poland

	Jesper Petersen – 06.38 Mathias Christoffersen – 09.06 Stefan Hedorf – 09.37 Steffen Jensen – 16.55 Mathias Christoffersen – 28.47 Bo Jensen – 29.30 Claus Jensen – 48.20 Claus Jensen – 54.18 Jacob Andersen – 56.17 Goals 12.41 – Dennis Schmidt 21.51 – Philip Kapetz

West Europe 2 Final

February 6, 2010 14.00

France

2:4 ( 1:0, 1:2, 0:2 )

Poland

Babimost, Poland

	Samuel Antoine – 01.48 Simon Riihelä – 34.53 Goals 33.01 – Piotr Kostela 39.03 – Jan Hajdus 40.28 – Tomasz Gaicki 51.27 – Piotr Kostela

Seventh Place match

February 6, 2010 10.00

Serbia

5:4 ( 2:0, 0:2, 3:2 )

Great Britain

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Alexander Milovanovic – 01.22 Alexander Milovanovic – 13.58 Alexander Milovanovic – 48.40 Alexander Milovanovic – 59.37 Toni Valle – 59.59 Goals 23.31 – Simon Baker 26.19 – Jamie Black 42.36 – James Bridger 45.13 – Thomas Cook

Fifth Place match

February 6, 2010 13.00

Belgium

4:6 ( 2:2, 2:2, 0:2 )

Austria

Zbąszyń, Poland

	Joachim Magnusson – 08.54 Thomas Ghilain – 17.43 Thomas Ghilain – 29.54 Jonathan Chiau – 32.55 Goals 07.02 – Thomas Simonsen 18.52 – Helmut Koloini 29.21 – Joël Bale 30.01 – Joël Bale 40.21 – Joe Leurer 58.39 – Joe Leurer

2010 Men's World
Floorball Championships

European Qualifications (Spain)
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	February 3 to February 6, 2010
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	0 (0 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	TBD
MVP	TBA

The European Qualifying tournament in Spain determined which 2 teams received a spot in the 2010 World Championships. For this qualifying tournament, the winning teams received a spot in Group C (East Europe 1) or Group D (East Europe 2), depending on their position in preliminary stage play.

Teams in this qualification tournament represented Eastern Europe, as the IFF used the same criteria they use for EuroFloorball Cup qualifications in order to determine groups.

All matches in the preliminary round, playoffs, and placement rounds were played in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain.

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Italy	3	2	1	0	30	5	+25	5	Advanced to the playoff round
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	24	3	+21	5
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	11	24	−13	2	Missed out on the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships and contested the placement matches
Georgia	3	0	0	3	1	34	−33	0

Source:

February 3, 2010

February 3, 2010 11.00

Italy

7:2 ( 3:0, 3:1, 1:1 )

Netherlands

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 3, 2010 16.30

Slovakia

5:0 (W.O.) ( 0:0, 0:0, 0:0 )

Georgia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

*Note: Slovakia was awarded a 5:0 walkover win over Georgia.

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010 11.00

Netherlands

9:1 ( 4:1, 5:0, 0:0 )

Georgia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 4, 2010 16.30

Italy

3:3 ( 2:1, 1:1, 0:1 )

Slovakia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010 11.00

Georgia

0:20 ( 0:3, 0:10, 0:7 )

Italy

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 5, 2010 16.30

Netherlands

0:16 ( 0:4, 0:3, 0:9 )

Slovakia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Estonia	3	3	0	0	33	0	+33	6	Advanced to the playoff round
Spain	3	2	0	1	7	12	−5	4
Slovenia	3	1	0	2	8	14	−6	2	Missed out on the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships and contested the placement matches
Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

Source:

February 3, 2010

February 3, 2010 13.45

Estonia

13:0 ( 1:0, 8:0, 4:0 )

Liechtenstein

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 3, 2010 19.30

Slovenia

2:4 ( 1:2, 0:1, 1:1 )

Spain

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010 13.45

Estonia

10:0 ( 4:0, 3:0, 3:0 )

Slovenia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 4, 2010 19.15

Liechtenstein

0:3 ( 0:1, 0:2, 0:0 )

Spain

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010 13.45

Liechtenstein

0:6 ( 0:3, 0:3, 0:0 )

Slovenia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

February 5, 2010 19.15

Spain

0:10 ( 0:3, 0:2, 0:5 )

Estonia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

East Europe 1 Final

February 6, 2010 19.00

Italy

4:2 ( 1:1, 0:0, 3:1 )

Spain

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

East Europe 2 Final

February 6, 2010 16.00

Estonia

8:4 ( 1:0, 2:1, 5:3 )

Slovakia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Seventh Place match

February 6, 2010 10.00

Liechtenstein

5:1 ( 0:0, 2:1, 3:0 )

Georgia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Fifth Place match

February 6, 2010 13.00

Netherlands

2:3 ( 1:0, 1:1, 0:2 )

Slovenia

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

2010 Men's World
Floorball Championships

Asian/Oceanian Qualifying
Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	February 3 to February 7, 2010
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	68 (6.8 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	TBD
MVP	TBA

The Asian/Oceanian Qualifying tournament in Singapore determined which 3 teams received a spot in the 2010 World Championships. For this qualifying tournament, a winning team received a spot in Group B (AOFC 1), Group C (AOFC 3), or Group D (AOFC 2), depending on their position in preliminary stage play.

Teams in this qualification tournament represented the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC). This tournament was also known as the 2010 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships.

There was only a preliminary round in this tournament, and the top 3 teams at the end of the round qualified for the 2010 World Championships. No placement matches were played.

Originally scheduled to play in the tournament, India withdrew due to financial difficulties.

All matches were played in Woodlands, Singapore.

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Singapore	4	3	1	0	45	9	+36	7	Qualified for the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships
Japan	4	3	1	0	25	9	+16	7
Australia	4	1	1	2	19	17	+2	3
Korea	4	1	1	2	19	21	−2	3	Missed out on the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships
Malaysia	4	0	0	4	4	56	−52	0

Source:

February 3, 2010

February 3, 2010 16.00

Japan

6:2 ( 2:0, 3:1, 1:1 )

Australia

Woodlands, Singapore

February 3, 2010 19.00

Korea

2:10 ( 1:3, 0:4, 1:3 )

Singapore

Woodlands, Singapore

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010 16.00

Singapore

25:1 ( 11:0, 4:0, 10:1 )

Malaysia

Woodlands, Singapore

February 4, 2010 19.00

Australia

3:3 ( 2:0, 0:0, 1:3 )

Korea

Woodlands, Singapore

February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010 13.00

Japan

11:1 ( 3:0, 6:0, 2:1 )

Malaysia

Woodlands, Singapore

February 5, 2010 19.00

Australia

4:8 ( 1:0, 2:3, 1:5 )

Singapore

Woodlands, Singapore

February 6, 2010

February 6, 2010 15.00

Malaysia

2:10 ( 0:2, 1:2, 1:6 )

Korea

Woodlands, Singapore

February 6, 2010 18.00

Singapore

2:2 ( 1:1, 1:0, 0:1 )

Japan

Woodlands, Singapore

February 7, 2010

February 7, 2010 10.00

Japan

6:4 ( 1:0, 1:4, 4:0 )

Korea

Woodlands, Singapore

February 7, 2010 16.00

Australia

10:0 ( 2:0, 3:0, 5:0 )

Malaysia

Woodlands, Singapore

2010 Men's World
Floorball Championships

North American Qualifying
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	February 5 to February 6, 2010
Teams	2
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	27 (13.5 per match)

The North American Qualifying rounds of the 2010 World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from February 5 to February 6, 2010. 2 matches were played, and the winner advanced to the 2010 World Championships based on aggregate scoring.

Although the tournament is for North American qualifying, it was previously set up by the IFF for qualifying for the Americas, which would have included both North and South America.

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	2	2	0	0	17	10	+7	4
United States	2	0	0	2	10	17	−7	0

Source:

*Note: Standings table is provided only for statistical comparison, as qualifying in this group was based on aggregate scoring rather than ranking.

February 5, 2010

February 5, 2010 11.30

United States

(6) 6:11 (11) ( 4:3, 2:4, 0:4 )

Canada

Hamilton, Canada

	Michael Binder – 04.44 Karl Förare – 07.04 Stefan Zimmermann – 10.15 Stefan Zimmermann – 18.06 Michael Binder – 20.25 Ryan Winkler – 32.15 Goals 07.34 – Patrick Ducharme 07.57 – Risto Parikka 14.59 – Dominic Morency 20.52 – Jean Sebastien Plante 27.21 – Paavo Parikka 33.01 – Risto Parikka 37.13 – Paavo Parikka 44.56 – Simon Leblanc 46.25 – Dominic Morency 49.16 – Philip Schuler 54.10 – Philip Schuler

February 6, 2010

February 6, 2010 13.00

Canada

(17) 6:4 (10) ( 2:0, 2:3, 2:1 )

United States

Hamilton, Canada

	Risto Parikka – 07.12 Patrice Pare – 19.28 Patrick Ducharme – 30.14 Lauri Hannelius – 31.16 Risto Parikka – 49.30 Jean Sebastien Plante – 52.02 Goals 26.20 – Michael Binder 28.05 – Karl Förare 34.36 – Karl Förare 50.50 – Karl Förare

• 2010 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships
• 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships

• European qualification (Poland) – Schedule & Statistics
• European qualification (Spain) – Schedule & Statistics
• Asian/Oceanian Qualification – Schedule & Statistics
• North American Qualification – Schedule & Statistics
• 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships – Schedule & Statistics